End-of-life decision-making in critical care;Limitación terapéutica en cuidados intensivos

Anales Espanoles de Pediatria

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-517

  Trenchs Sainz de la Maza V ^a,f   Cambra Lasaosa, F J ^a,b   Palomeque Rico, A ^a   Balcells Ramirez J ^c   Serina Ramirez C ^d   Hermana Tezanos, M T ^e   Pons Odena M ^g   Martin Rodrigo J Ma ^g   Ramil Fraga, C ^h   Rodriguez Nunez A ⁱ   Hernandez Gonzalez A ^j   Jaraba Caballero, S ^k   Gonzalez Jorge R ^l   Hernandez Rastrollo R ^m  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^b Fundacion Institut Borja de Bioetica   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^f Hospital Sant Joan de Déu ^*  (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

^h HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

ⁱ HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^m HOSPITAL INFANTA CRISTINA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Death; End of life decision; Intensive care; Life sustaining treatment

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALIZATION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEDATION; SPAIN; TERMINAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; RESUSCITATION;

CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LIFE SUPPORT CARE; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0036938987     PISSN: 03024342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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